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It seems like the last few updates of Firefox are each hiding yet one more important setting... I think that is what will finally drive me away from Firefox (I'

by Istof 12y ago

It seems like the last few updates of Firefox are each hiding yet one more important setting... I think that is what will finally drive me away from Firefox (I've used it since the beginning even if chrome was much faster for a while) ... time to browser shop.

magicalist 12y ago
They might be "hiding" the setting by not including it in the main settings page, but there is no other (mainstream) browser with anything close to the equivalent of the flexibility of about:config.
- Istof 12y ago
  yes, but they also change about:config "Preference Names" possibly to confuse users so that they stop messing with settings? for example the preference name for the number of lines scrolled when using the mousewheel used to be "mousewheel.withnokey.numlines", I believe it is now "mousewheel.acceleration.factor" ... I didn't keep track of all the changes, but I am sure that there is many others.
- Avshalom 12y ago
  Though judging by the logic espoused in the tab-close-button bug step one is to move it to about:config and then step two is removing it all together for not being discoverable enough.
  - Dylan16807 12y ago
    Well that's a GUI thing, so it's still available via CSS. Annoying to get to, but configurable.
Pacabel 12y ago
There's no "seems" about it. Useful functionality has been obscured or removed from Firefox time and time and time and time again since Firefox 4 and their rush to imitate Chrome. It isn't a new problem at this point; it has been happening for years now, and people have been angered by it for years now, too. It's a shame that your comment has been voted down, as well. The more that the Firefox community goes out of its way to deny that users are unhappy, or even to censor them like in this case, the harder it will be for Mozilla to remain relevant. Firefox is pretty much Mozilla's only semi-successful offering at this point, and even its market share has been steadily dropping (it's probably well under 20% by now). If this slide continues, nobody will have any reason to listen to Mozilla. Their influence over the web, already waning, will unfortunately become non-existent.
im3w1l 12y ago
Which settings are needed to make firefox preserve my privacy (if there are more things )?

by Istof 12y ago

magicalist 12y ago

They might be "hiding" the setting by not including it in the main settings page, but there is no other (mainstream) browser with anything close to the equivalent of the flexibility of about:config.

Istof 12y ago
yes, but they also change about:config "Preference Names" possibly to confuse users so that they stop messing with settings? for example the preference name for the number of lines scrolled when using the mousewheel used to be "mousewheel.withnokey.numlines", I believe it is now "mousewheel.acceleration.factor" ... I didn't keep track of all the changes, but I am sure that there is many others.
Avshalom 12y ago
Though judging by the logic espoused in the tab-close-button bug step one is to move it to about:config and then step two is removing it all together for not being discoverable enough.
- Dylan16807 12y ago
  Well that's a GUI thing, so it's still available via CSS. Annoying to get to, but configurable.

Pacabel 12y ago

There's no "seems" about it. Useful functionality has been obscured or removed from Firefox time and time and time and time again since Firefox 4 and their rush to imitate Chrome. It isn't a new problem at this point; it has been happening for years now, and people have been angered by it for years now, too. It's a shame that your comment has been voted down, as well. The more that the Firefox community goes out of its way to deny that users are unhappy, or even to censor them like in this case, the harder it will be for Mozilla to remain relevant. Firefox is pretty much Mozilla's only semi-successful offering at this point, and even its market share has been steadily dropping (it's probably well under 20% by now). If this slide continues, nobody will have any reason to listen to Mozilla. Their influence over the web, already waning, will unfortunately become non-existent.

im3w1l 12y ago

Which settings are needed to make firefox preserve my privacy (if there are more things )?